A toothy, nut-chomping large ape from Kenya may represent a new species that was, or was very close to being, the last common ancestor to gorillas, chimpanzees and humans. >> moreTuesday, 13 November 2007

Meat-loving dinosaurs didn't huff and puff while chasing their prey, according to a new study that concludes dinosaur breathing was smooth, like that of present-day diving birds. >> moreThursday, 8 November 2007

New evidence dug from the shores of the Bay of Bengal supports the radical idea that it was a series of monumental volcanic eruptions that wiped out the dinosaurs, not a meteor impact in the Gulf of Mexico. >> moreMonday, 29 October 2007

Large, carnivorous dinosaurs roamed southern Australia 115 million years ago, when the continent was joined to Antarctica, say scientists who have found three footprints as evidence. >> moreWednesday, 24 October 2007

Neanderthals may not be known for their intellectual might, but they were among the first individuals to bury their dead and express themselves artistically, new research shows. >> moreFriday, 19 October 2007

Tree resin and water don't mix. So, scientists have long questioned why amber, the fossilised version of tree resin, often contains entombed water-dwelling creatures, such as crustaceans, water bugs and amoebae. >> moreTuesday, 9 October 2007

Neanderthals, the stocky kin of modern humans, were far more widespread geographically than previously thought, with some trekking into southern Siberia before vanishing about 30,000 years ago, scientists say. >> moreTuesday, 2 October 2007

Antarctica has been home to tiny creatures and plants for tens of millions of years, according to a study that overturns theories that successive ice ages wiped life off the barren continent. >> moreFriday, 28 September 2007